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[Vibrant General] nricci:
I believe this is hardware related because this phone has been on the market for some time already, in Europe and Asia, as the Galaxy S. The GPS problem was detected in these regions and Samsung didn't do anything about it. (I wish I knew that before buying my 2 Vibrants).

Considering that GPS is a big deal on modern smart phones, to stay quiet and still about such an important matter can only indicate that this is a problem beyond their capacity to resolve.

Believe me, it's very easy for a software development group to quickly release a fix for a driver. Or, AT LEAST, to come forward saying "there is a problem, it's software related and a solution will be provided in 4 weeks".
[Vibrant General] nricci:
I don't have a N1.

I have a G1 that works perfectly and locks to 8 satellites indoors using the GPS Test application. I also use My Tracks a lot and it's perfect.

I also tested the new My Touch Slide at the Tmobile store. It locked immediately.

This afternoon, I went to Verizon to check the new Droid-X. I installed and used the GPS Test app and even indoors, the phone locked to 6 satellites in one minute.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Thanks for the replies, guys.

This does not bode well for my lovely little Vibrant.

I think a Nexus One may be my destiny, unless Samsung announces something soon. :/
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
tks for the response - so basically an intuition call on your part? Don't get me wrong, that fine, i justed wanted to make sure you weren't an electrical engineer and had tested them with some formal protocol in a lab and found them defective

with all the folks reporting theirs correcting with e-wreck's suggestion settings adjustment, i have to lean toward software / firmware related

on the samsung repairing/issuing update thing, i agree it is kind of slow, but considering the number they're reported already sold in asian markets (300,000) with other reports that they're at the 1,000,000 mark (don't know the accuracy of that number) but point is, suspect they were already in the pipeline to the the US

there have already been AT&T units released, and haven't seen any of those reporting the issue, but a couple of them have reported their box appeared it had been opened with a 2nd seal in place, and their software was the Jf6 version, so possibly correction/update is already quietly in effect

jon c: check this latest thread on this issue - it's looking more and more like it's software / firmware issue, with the fix having been found http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728611

before going to the N1, consider the 77 page thread on google's support forum over the 3G/edge signal issue, with google after attempting to deflect the problem first as a Tmobile coverage issue, then when the at&t versions demo'd the same issue, they started distancing themselves from the issue altogether - then at one point in the thread, with the issue still unresolved, a google tech pops into the forum thread to indicate google "had decided to NOT devote any more engineering resources to the issue" -

couple that with google announcing it's soon going to be stopping retail sales directly (they will be looking for a retail partner), i suspect they're not going to find one - but with retail sales stopping, i'd really not be looking at an N1

here's the link to the google forums - btw, some users in that thread actually returned their phones for exchange FIVE times at pretty serious shipping expense - go to about pg 72 and read forward, that will give you a pretty decent sense of folks' loss of patience w/google http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=0c0fb2a46ad64955&hl=en&start=2920
[Vibrant General] Qwijib0:
Yeah, I think it's software too. The above fix just seems masks the problem though. Don't get me wrong-- That trick took me from nothing to ~50ft accuracy which is "good enough" for now-- but in both GPS test apps I'm seeing SNRs well into the 30s on 9+ satellites and I never get a lock. It's odd, but given how good the reception seems to be, I'm hoping for an actual fix that lets me use all those satellites.
[Vibrant General] Qwijib0:
So, I installed the GPS test app on my wife's cliq, and when the two are next to eachother, the SNR levels are better on the vibrant and I can actually see more satellites-- the difference being that every sat on her phone is "in use" and none of mine are. I don't know enough about GPS to know the difference between in use and not in use, when the vibrant is clearly still using them for position, albeit in a non-precise way.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Thanks for the links, but I'm pretty intense with my research. I've been hovering around the Google support forums on a daily basis for half a year. :P

I've just heard that recent batches of the Nexus One are slightly improved. Also, a support forum is kind of the minority group (typically with the most problems). Some pretty high-profile users have reported that the Nexus One is their favorite phone, claiming that the touchscreen issues seem to have been resolved, or are not noticeable. That's not enough for me to decide, but at least it's something to balance out all of the negativity regarding it.

Either way, I appreciate it. But back to the Galaxy S...

As I mentioned in the other thread: Since applying the GPS 'fix', my phone now chugs when rebooted. Out of the box (stock settings), it would be ready to go within seconds. Now, with this tweaking, my phone chugs along at about 1FPS for a solid minute. Once it stops constantly scanning the memory, it is back to business as usual (though, it feels a slight bit sluggish).

Also, I'm not able to lock onto more than 1 GPS satellite. It's a bit cloudy today, so I'll test in better conditions. Previous (default) settings allowed me to lock onto 3 satellites, but with a higher margin of error. So it seems as if the tweak provides some improvement, for sure.

Anybody else experiencing anything similar?

Now, if only we could figure out this obnoxious Compass issue... :(
[Vibrant General] nricci:
I hope you are right and this can be fixed by software. I really need to upgrade our aging G1s.
[Vibrant General] gordon.mott:
For the record, guys... I used my vibrant for navigation again today... used Google Nav: the blue arrow never pointed the wrong way, and I got lock on two satellites out of 11 visible... so it CAN lock multiple satellites. The entire time I ran 20-25 feet of accuracy.
[Vibrant General] nricci:
That is encouraging.

But until we see the phone locking in several satellites, we can't say we have a fix.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
I also got 2 locked out of the 7 it found.
[Vibrant General] nricci:
During my tests, 2 was the max number of satellites my phones were able to lock to.

Most of the time it locked to one satellite, sometimes to two. Never more than that.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
same here, may not be the best but thats all I need as I only use it maybe once every month or so.
[Vibrant General] dcam1075:
Same here, using GPS Test I can usually see 11 satelittes or more but I have never been able to lock on to more than 3 at anyone time. With my MT3G Slide sitting right next to the Vibrant it locks on to 9 or more instantly. Definitely something wonky with either the GPS hardware or software. It works for navigation because you dont need that precise level of accurancy, but if you try to use it in a high rise area or an area with dense tree cover or mountains it fails all over the place. I really hope this is a software issue and Samsung addresses it quickly!
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
hopefully i am

gave this some thought - i first started out researching this phone and got sucked into this info addiction and finding myself spending way too much time on what is basically a tool, and that i expect to work, nearly flawlessly out of the box

mine is due in tomorrow - if it demos this issue, and the software fix doesn't correct it or an update before the 14 day return period is up, it's going back and i'll get a garminfone - there's none of these issues being reported on that model, and while it's only a "600mHz" chipset, it will still be faster than the MyTouch 3G i had until recent (already missing it, it was basically a 1967 chevy 6 cyl, that just ran everytime you put the key in the ignition) -

the vibrant has a ton of "gee whiz" features, but nav, especially in rural areas is far more important to me, and to be honest, those gee whiz features are, well, gee whiz neat but not really that important to me, i won't use most of them like the younger generation will -

my target goal had been to incorporate a cellphone, internet 3G tethered access, and nav in one device, saving me from carrying a portable GPS unit for rental car use. I figured someone would come out with a decent android gps mapping program for android (hell i'm surprised garmin hasn't already released theirs alongside the garminfone), and with android 2.2 run it off the sd card

but the headaches i'm seeing, give me a little hesitation
[Vibrant General] jblade1000:
just wanted to provide another update. I got to drive a lot on sunday, from where i live (10 miles from downtown chicago), out to my parents, (25 miles away), then back into the city to the hyde park neighborhood to my cousins house (you go through downtown and take the famous lake shore drive).

To the parents house:

So, im not sure what the routing logic is defaulted to or if it can be changed in Google Maps with Navigation, but it wanted me to take a local road south for 6 miles and then get on a highway when I live a quarter of a mile from another highway. Maybe is shorter distance vs shorter time? Anyways, i got on there and it rerouted but kept trying to get me to get off at each exit for about 2 miles. It also lagged behind with its exit announcements (like i was moving too fast for it lol). It eventually caught up fine and had no issues once it realized what route i had chosen to take over the one it recommended.

From Parents to cousins:

This was interesting. So first off I want to preface this by saying i was following my parents and therefore was already moving when i decided to use the navigation. I went into my contacts, clicked my cousins address which opened up maps, and i hit the blue arrow to launch Navigation. But GPS wasnt on, and it asked me if i wanted to go to settings and enable it. I did, and it couldnt find me. It stated i was in a town about 18 miles away. Couldnt lock. i closed down maps and navigation, turned off gps and then turned it back on. Then i went back to my contacts, to the address which opened maps and this time i hit my location first. instant lock and accurate. then i hit the blue arrow, navigation came up with my route and all was good. I dont have a cradle or dock for my phone yet so i decided to test it out. at no point did it have a direct line of sight outside the car, I purposely kept it in the cubby hole in my dash. It worked flawlessly from then on.

Cousins to home:

I again chose to leave the phone in the cubby hole with no line of sight outside the car. I also detoured through downtown up and down Michigan Ave, Madison, Canal, Jackson, Adams (all of the major, touristy, skyskraper area, "The Loop"). I lost a signal once in my 20 minute downtown excursion and i believe it was the 3g that was lost, not the satellite. I then proceed home with no issues and a battery at 24% lol.

gotta get that dock and car charger....

P.S. My recommendation would be to always make sure gps is on before launching maps or navigation, and if your in maps, hit the mylocation button first before doing anything (searching, navigating, etc) it seems to like that order best.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I put it back on the stock settings. Works the same, Samsung will need to step in on this matter. I tried to turn MS-Based back on and it locked my phone up comPLETELY.. the fact that the phone sees strong sat signals means that there is nothing too serious going on here.
[Vibrant General] PolishDude:
I got a lock on 4 satellites today when i tested it out
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
Yesterday I posted this elsewhere but figured it might serve this thread:

to give folks that are waiting for their phone to arrive and are worried this is a problem across all the vibrants shipping, i received my phone today, and first thing after getting the basics set up, went outside walking around the neighborhood - within 40 seconds of turning the GPS on, it had 11 satellites in view, and six locked

i wasn't using any of the downloaded GPS test apps, just found some gps performance pages in the native OS

when i opened google nav maps, it took slightly longer, first locating me about 100 feet from where i actually was, but in maybe 1.5 minutes it had me perfectly, to the point that i was standing dead center of the street at a "T" intersection right in front of my house, and it had me in that exact placement on the map

in case it helps some that e-wreck's fix didn't, i checked my settings, and under "SUPL/CP Settings" ,the SERVER & PORT are www.spirent-lcs.com. (and yes the "www" is there) and the port is 7275

I'm not smart enough to tell whether e-wreck's fix is a work around for a weak/defective gps chipset or corrupted software, i just know mine worked as well (actually better) than my MT3G and my garmin nuvi 680, neither of which could pull a gps signal inside my house. While obviously the vibrant is running A-GPS chips, so is the MT3G

have no idea what firmware this phone is running, tried the secret code listed elsewhere on this forum, but think it must be for the samsung i9000, but on my vibrant i kept getting an error msg that "could not process the request"

tomorrow i'm going to take it on a short 25 mile trip using "My Tracks" -

anyway, in case that helps anyone

under operation mode, it's set for "standalone"

and contrary to a lot of reports, my compass is on the money as well

also fwiw, my phone was ordered online 11:00PM on the 14th, so it isn't like it's one of the last ones shipped
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
this reminds me of early G1 GPS issues. Lock-on took forever and compass was funky.

HTC sent out an update a couple months later (around the Android 1.1 update) and the GPS worked great since.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I wanted to note that firstly, the phone works better with supl.google.com - it works exactly the same for me and the phone performs much better in Standalone mode. MS-Based added some nasty lag when starting and when using GPS.
[Windows Mobile Themes] iPollesion:
(WVGA)480x800 So I decided that I wanted some "Android Desire Taskbar" icons for my Arcsoft MMS icons :) (There's about 7 total)

It goes great with this taskbar (also to make that taskbar white you need his color mod/hack): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=639842

I compiled the icons and cab for easy installation.. this was the first time I ever attempted at doing something like this; but it was well worth it.

I might create some more cool things later like usual.

Have fun everyone!

BEFORE

AFTER

Download:

http://cid-0ee24867718a3e92.office....Mobile/GTX ArcSoft Threaded MMS 5.2.12.45.cab
[Windows Mobile Themes] ProjektFuze:
right on nice job
[Windows Mobile Themes] ProjektFuze:
?? what happened to this?? where'd the download go?? hope that it's still around somewhere...
[Windows Mobile Themes] Kellicros:
this is interesting, does it work on WM 6.5.3? please reupload it, thank you.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ProjektFuze:
yes please... can the op repost? or perhaps someone who has downloaded it already...
[Windows Mobile Themes] iPollesion:
I would reupload but I think ArcSoft reported it and my account was blocked because of it, so it's probably not going to be reupped. Sorry guys.
[Windows Mobile Themes] linda87st:
this is interesting, does it work on WM 6.5.3? please reupload it, thank you.
[Droid Incredible General] Lexus One:
Is there an application or hack that will allow me to stop those smart pop-up advertisements in my applications? I read somewhere that there is a way to do this after you have root. But I didn't have root at the time...and now that I do, I can't remember what message board and forum. Anyone know how to do this?
[Droid Incredible General] najaboy:
Try ad free android, available in the market.
[Droid Incredible General] Lexus One:
Thanks. I found that right after I posted. I tried it on my DI and it caused a reboot. It can't update the hosts file. However, I read that it does work on the G1 and the Droid.
[Droid Incredible General] intenselyinsane:
If you check my post i put a update.zip to fix adfree.
[Droid Incredible General] bonzai299:
Not sure if you found it yet or not, but if you haven't here it is.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=709173
[Droid Incredible General] Lexus One:
Thanks, I will give this a try when I get some free time. Been working a lot of OT. I'm on break right now...

Sent from my PDA
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostrida:
this is a known bug where the build is forcing 64-bit even though you are 32. google it or check this discussion

http://androidforums.com/android-developers/115959-ubuntu-10-04-android-open-source-make-error.html
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DobbsianYeti:
you have to (for ubuntu anyway)

$ apt-get autoremove sun-java6-jdk

for whatever reason if java6 is installed on the build machine it is forcing a 64 bit build...

I am knee deep in aosp for this phone- have compiled it god knows how many times with no success on the INC. Can't get past the damned initial splash screen. I've about lost patience, but wtf it's a giant puzzle and I really can't resist tinkering with it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_knowledge:
I have aosp built and running, but system force closes after about 2 minutes then it restarts and begins again.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BossMafia2:
logcat is your best friend
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] elitekernel:
i rooted my evo and it came with a carbon wallpaper... i know the ones you guys know about, the stock one, i have the one, under HTC wallpapers its number 11, but i had a version of that one, with a circular tunnel looking.. i want t his.. please someon find me a link lol

OKAY I FOUND IT, LOL SOMONE SEND ME A LINK FOR THE REAL VERISON.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] elitekernel:
Bump thisssss
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mikevillarroel:
Share it my friend
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] kperry1911:
I ran across it in the Dev section: [ROM] DamageControl v3.2.x |.....

Got to post #4287 - Beerock posted it.

Good Luck!

-kp
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] elitekernel:
Thanks, checking it out now
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] h_zee13:
I searched and I don't think this has been posted before

Here is an app that works great, it does have some bugs but i'm sure the DEVs will fix them with new updates.

"Overview

We designed GOTO to give you access to the information you care about without slowing you down.

Numbers appear over the notification icons in the navigation bar at the bottom so you know when there's something new.

Simply slide the thumb icon under the notification icon to preview and release to jump right to the application. If there's nothing new you can slide the thumb icon all the way to the right to unlock."

SMS

Missed Call

Gmail

Link

http://www.gotoandroidapp.com/index.html
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] AbsoluteDesignz:
I agree...I actually thought that's what they were going to do with the old 2.0 launcher being that it had other unfilled circles....that one's great...just a bit too stylized for my taste...doesn't really match stock Android...unless it can be themed.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kitsunisan:
I'm stuck in a force close loop with this damn thing. It kept foce closing on me when I installed it, so I thought a reboot might clear things. When I did, I get the lock screen, but if I take any action with it, I'm stuck in a force close loop.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] zidane:
its not a very smart app, but if more work is put into it, it will be much better

it works fine with me, but it doesnt have any settings

when im on the lock screen, and i press the home button, it goes directly to home without needing to slide to unlock
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bobtentpeg:
At least you can refund in the android market place. FC-looping For The Lose
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Z51:
its working fine for me :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] chris6278:
Theres quite a few lock screens on the market that i like including this one but they all have the same problem it unlocks your phone when you press the home key which makes them pointless for me. It looks cool tho
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] manicmoose:
Can someone who has installed it test and see if/how it works with a lock pattern?

TIA. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SBS_:
I probably would've installed it if it had three things:

Stability

Actually locking your phone so the home-key doesn't work

Themed like stock 2.2

As it is now it's pretty useless in my opinion.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kitsunisan:
Fyi, I've been in contact with the developer, he's stated that he doesn't want to start supporting multiple roms, but if someone with Cyanogen is having force close issues, he'd be willing to look at a log to see if there's anything that can be tweaked to work with Cyan's rom. If you're getting force closes, could you forward a log to him?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] klausdieter79:
Can't find it on the market. I tried the barcode, too. I'm using CM 6.0.0-RC1 and I am from Germany. :mad:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] codito:
No lockscreen app will ever be worth my time IMO, they all have issues. Only one worth a damn ever has been an actual lock screen replacement.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Actually not bad, will try when it gets some update
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] whitesmoke33:
It has been updated to 1.15 apparently with more preferences and customizations. Does anyone know exactly what the new preferences are?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
http://www.gotoandroidapp.com/release_notes.html
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] whitesmoke33:
I was already quoting the release notes

"Added new settings app to allow for more preferences and customizations"

other than changing the way the wallpaper works, the user name, and the sounds are there any other "preferences and customizations" that are not listed
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] chrisvuong:
Update Version 1.36-Fixed Alarm Clock turning off problem

http://www.mediafire.com/?2xbn6qz9bfu71qu

Tested on Nexus One, CM6-204 and work well:D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] erikiksaz:
Widgetlocker works 100% perfectly for me. If you need help setting it up lmk.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Hmm, that's warez right? You better ensure it's not against the rules..

In any case, I just bought it because it looks real cool. However there are quite a few bugs in this.

If the screen turns off during an app like a browser and you unlock the screen, it should go back to the browser. However, if you then try to exit the browser with the back button, it will go back to the Goto lockscreen, resulting in an endless loop with browser and lockscreen. This is a really bad bug. The only way out is to manually take out the battery to restart the phone. The way around is to enable the home button as that would bring you to the home screen instead of the browser.

Currently the developer is looking at this but still no updates...

Another bug is the camera/volume button cannot be disabled in my case. Pressing the volume buttons will wake the screen whether they are disabled or not.

There are a few other minor bugs but these 2 are major ones that's preventing it from being perfect.

Still I love the slider and 3 animated icons. Hopefully the dev will fix it up.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] chrisvuong:
i dont know whatever it warez or not, just i've found it online and tested, it works well then my contribution without any self-profit, i even can't see it on the market so definitely no clue that it is paid app or not, if someone confirm this. i'll delete it immediately dude.